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Crash and Burn (1990)

Overview

ActionHorrorScience FictionThriller

Unicom is a powerful organization overseeing most of the world after its economic collapse. They have banned computers and robots in an attempt to insure "life, liberty, and the pursuit of economic stability". When a Unicom Synth robot infiltrates a southwest TV station and kills the manager, a revolutionary against the gestapo-like corporation, a lowly Unicom delivery man must help the rest of the station survive through the incoming "thermal storm".

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Charles Band

Director

Charles Band

ReleasedJun 4, 1990
Runtime1h 25m
StatusReleased
Budget$1M
Full Moon Entertainment

Top Cast

Paul Ganus

Paul Ganus

Tyson Keen

Megan Ward

Megan Ward

Arren

Ralph Waite

Ralph Waite

Lathan Hooks

Bill Moseley

Bill Moseley

Quinn

Eva LaRue

Eva LaRue

Parice

Jack McGee

Jack McGee

Winston Wickett

Elizabeth Maclellan

Elizabeth Maclellan

Sandra

Katherine Armstrong

Katherine Armstrong

Christie

John Davis Chandler

John Davis Chandler

Bud

Kristopher Logan

Kristopher Logan

Scratch

David DeCoteau

David DeCoteau

ILU Member (uncredited)

John Schouweiler

John Schouweiler

ILU Member (uncredited)

Michael Shamus Wiles

Michael Shamus Wiles

Cop (uncredited)

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Crash and Burn Original trailer

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I love how the trailer shows who's the killer in what is supposed to be a sci-fi suspense thriller haha

@Spike223 7

I have been trying to find this movie for years and could not remember the title... now I have found it while looking for animated mech show... go figure.

@therizinosaurus214 16

this is the best of the 3 movies featuring giant robots, robot jox 1989, crash and burn 1990, robot wars 1993, love that time period made best scifi movies but way too few

@80sand90sonly 3

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